oan

Thân thiện

Một người đàn ông bị oan và trông rất buồn bã.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Being victim of an injustice; wronged, falsely accused: Describes the state of suffering an undeserved punishment, blame, or misfortune due to an incorrect or unfair judgment.
   • Unjust, undeserved: Refers to something (like punishment, criticism, or a situation) that is not merited or is wrongful.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Anh ấy bị kết án oan. (He was wrongfully convicted.)
  • Tôi thấy thật oan cho cô ấy khi bị mắng như vậy. (I think it's so unjust for her to be scolded like that.)
  • Đây là một cái chết oan. (This is a wrongful death.)

Advanced Usage

• "Oan ức": A compound noun meaning "a grievance due to injustice; a sense of being wronged." This expresses deep resentment from suffering an injustice.
  • Anh ta chết với biết bao oan ức. (He died with so many grievances/unredressed wrongs.)
• "Oan gia": A compound noun meaning "enemy, adversary," often implying a karmic or fated opposition.
  • Oan gia ngõ hẹp. (Adversaries meet on a narrow path – idiom meaning enemies are bound to meet.)
• "Oan trái": A compound noun often used in a spiritual or karmic context to mean "sin, debt of misfortune, or karmic retribution."
  • Kiếp này tôi phải trả món nợ oan trái. (In this life, I have to repay a karmic debt.)

Variants and Related Words

• Oan uổng (adj): Synonymous with , emphasizing the waste and pity of the injustice.
  • Cái chết thật oan uổng. (What a wrongful/pitiful death.)
• Vu oan (verb phrase): To falsely accuse, to frame someone.
  • Bị vu oan là ăn cắp. (To be falsely accused of theft.)

Synonyms

• Bất công: Unjust, unfair (describes the action/situation, not the state of the victim).
• Hàm oan: To bear a grievance, to be wronged (verb form).
• Oan sai: Wrongful error (noun, often used in legal contexts).

Related Phrases and Idioms

• Chết oan: To die unjustly/to be wrongfully killed.
  • Người lính đó chết oan dưới làn đạn bạn. (That soldier was wrongfully killed by friendly fire.)
• Tiền mất tật mang (một cách oan uổng): To lose money and still keep the trouble/sickness (in a wrongful manner). This idiom is often used to describe a doubly unfortunate situation.
  • Mua thuốc giả, thật là tiền mất tật mang một cách oan uổng. (Buying fake medicine is truly a wrongful case of losing money and keeping the illness.)
• Oan thì thưa, tội thì chịu: A saying meaning "If wronged, plead your case; if guilty, bear the punishment." It advises to protest injustice but accept rightful blame.

Học thuật

adj

1. being victim of an injustice